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The United States is readying five aircraft carrier battlegroups
- the Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, Kitty Hawk, Constellation
and Harry S. Truman - for action against Iraq.
The battlegroups pack incredible strike power as they carry
some 800 Tomahawk cruise missiles between them and are able
to launch 350 warplanes at Iraq.
Specifications of the CVN Kitty Hawk (pictured)
Length, overall: 1062.5 feet (323.8 meters)
Flight Deck Width: 252 feet (76.8 meters)
Beam: 130 feet (39 meters)
Displacement: Approx. 80,800 tons (82,096.69 metric tons)
full load
Speed: 30+ knots (34.5+ miles per hour)
Aircraft: 85
Power Plant: Eight boilers, four geared steam turbines, four
shafts, 280,000 shaft horsepower.
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